IO2-03-High flux reverse osmosis membranes prepared by incorporating nanoparticle

IO2-03-High flux reverse osmosis membranes prepared by incorporating nanoparticleHighfluxreverseosmosismembranespreparedbyincorporatingnanoparticleLinZhang*,HangDong,XinyingQu,ShiQiu,GuozhongShi,HuanlinChen,DepartmentofChemical&BiologicalEngineering,EngineeringResearchCenterofMembraneandWaterTreatmentTechnology,MOE,ZhejiangUniversity,Hangzhou,310027,P.R.ChinaZeoliteandcarbonnanotube(CNT)areknownasgoodwaterchannel,andithasbeenprovedthatzeolitenanocrystalcanimprovewaterfluxbyincorporatingNaAzeoliteinpolyamide(PA)membrane.However,themechanismofnanocompositemembraneformationisnotclear,andthereisnoreportaboutROmembranewithCNT.Inthiswork,PAthinfilmnanocomposite(TFN)reverseosmosismembranesarefabricatedbyinterfacialpolymerizationoftrimesoylchloride(TMC)andm-phenylenediamine(MPD)monomersinthepresenceofNaAzeolitenanocrystalormulti-walledcarbonnanotubes(MWNTs).TheeffectofintroducingNaAzeolitenanocrystalviatheaqueousphaseortheorganicphaseonthemembranemorphologyandsurfacepropertiesisinvestigated.Th